diff --git a/doc/software-manual.tex b/doc/software-manual.tex
index 4a412c8691851a40be5c6578161f0fe1e66fedc7..f0f4e89d0ed2a0f304e2c97872bd2a21d8a5c782 100644
--- a/doc/software-manual.tex
+++ b/doc/software-manual.tex
@@ -3748,6 +3748,10 @@ If enabled, causes the encoder to not encode any frame after the frame specified
 %% VUI parameters
 %%
 \begin{OptionTableNoShorthand}{VUI parameters}{tab:VUI}
+\Option{WriteVuiHrdFromY4m} &
+\Default{true} &
+Allow writing VUI and HRD information from input Y4M file.
+\\
 \Option{VuiParametersPresent (-vui)} &
 \Default{false} &
 Enable generation of vui_parameters().
diff --git a/source/App/EncoderApp/EncApp.cpp b/source/App/EncoderApp/EncApp.cpp
index bca4c69f2847a8eca782fe3b34dfc04ffea122e9..16e3ef92d6a18cd7b5bfac083f4863ea6de79702 100644
--- a/source/App/EncoderApp/EncApp.cpp
+++ b/source/App/EncoderApp/EncApp.cpp
@@ -1657,7 +1657,7 @@ void EncApp::createLib( const int layerIdx )
     }
   }
 
-  if (isY4mFileExt(m_inputFileName))
+  if (isY4mFileExt(m_inputFileName) && m_writeVuiHrdFromY4m)
   {
     // Force signalling of HRD parameters to carry frame rate information
     m_hrdParametersPresentFlag = true;
diff --git a/source/App/EncoderApp/EncAppCfg.cpp b/source/App/EncoderApp/EncAppCfg.cpp
index 9848f1ab35ddc87c8306e9b973427470a9fb17ca..5303a8c630e0b1da6b15a7204354c0585f3717e4 100644
--- a/source/App/EncoderApp/EncAppCfg.cpp
+++ b/source/App/EncoderApp/EncAppCfg.cpp
@@ -1322,6 +1322,7 @@ bool EncAppCfg::parseCfg( int argc, char* argv[] )
   ("RecalculateQPAccordingToLambda",                  m_recalculateQPAccordingToLambda,                 false, "Recalculate QP values according to lambda values. Do not suggest to be enabled in all intra case")
   ("HrdParametersPresent,-hrd",                       m_hrdParametersPresentFlag,                       false, "Enable generation of hrd_parameters()")
   ("VuiParametersPresent,-vui",                       m_vuiParametersPresentFlag,                       false, "Enable generation of vui_parameters()")
+  ("WriteVuiHrdFromY4m",                              m_writeVuiHrdFromY4m,                              true, "Allow writing VUI and HRD information from input Y4M file")
   ("SamePicTimingInAllOLS",                           m_samePicTimingInAllOLS,                          true, "Indicates that the same picture timing SEI message is used in all OLS")
   ("AspectRatioInfoPresent",                          m_aspectRatioInfoPresentFlag,                     false, "Signals whether aspect_ratio_idc is present")
   ("AspectRatioIdc",                                  m_aspectRatioIdc,                                     0, "aspect_ratio_idc")
@@ -2581,11 +2582,15 @@ bool EncAppCfg::parseCfg( int argc, char* argv[] )
       m_inputBitDepth.fill(inputBitDepth);
       m_chromaFormatIdc        = chromaFormat;
       m_msbExtendedBitDepth    = m_inputBitDepth;
-      m_chromaSampleLocType    = locType;
+      if (m_writeVuiHrdFromY4m)
+      {
+        m_chromaSampleLocType    = locType;
+      }
     }
 
     m_progressiveSourceFlag = true;   // TODO: update when processing of interlaced y4m files is supported
-    if (m_chromaFormatIdc == ChromaFormat::_420 && m_chromaSampleLocType != Chroma420LocType::UNSPECIFIED)
+    if (m_chromaFormatIdc == ChromaFormat::_420 && m_chromaSampleLocType != Chroma420LocType::UNSPECIFIED
+      && m_writeVuiHrdFromY4m)
     {
       m_chromaLocInfoPresentFlag = true;
       m_vuiParametersPresentFlag = true;
diff --git a/source/App/EncoderApp/EncAppCfg.h b/source/App/EncoderApp/EncAppCfg.h
index b7b62df2b986a1684bd0be9a99ada67f52b75c42..837d0fe88286fb9c7d23ed3ffb5bc633d59fa213 100644
--- a/source/App/EncoderApp/EncAppCfg.h
+++ b/source/App/EncoderApp/EncAppCfg.h
@@ -900,6 +900,7 @@ protected:
   bool      m_DCIEnabled;                                     ///< enable Decoding Capability Information (DCI)
   bool      m_hrdParametersPresentFlag;                       ///< enable generation of HRD parameters
   bool      m_vuiParametersPresentFlag;                       ///< enable generation of VUI parameters
+  bool      m_writeVuiHrdFromY4m;                             ///< allow writing VUI and HRD information from input Y4M file
   bool      m_samePicTimingInAllOLS;                          ///< same picture timing SEI message is used in all OLS
   bool      m_aspectRatioInfoPresentFlag;                     ///< Signals whether aspect_ratio_idc is present
   int       m_aspectRatioIdc;                                 ///< aspect_ratio_idc